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published Saturday, August 23, 2014

A woman was charged with public intoxication and pedestrian under the influence early Saturday after a police officer on bicycle patrol saw her standing in the middle of the road while shoving and slapping her boyfriend, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police report.

The officer saw the 22-year-old woman in the area of E. Clayton Street and Wall Street stumbling in the roadway while struggling to keep her balance, according to the report. She was arguing with her boyfriend, and the officer saw her shove him in the chest with two hands then slap him with an open hand across the face, the report states. The officer intervened following the slap. The woman told the officer she slapped the man because he broke up with her. The man who was slapped did not want to press charges.